Register name-board.



N0. 843,285. PATENTED PEB. 5, 1907. F. W. LEUTHESSER. REGISTER NAMEBOARD.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 27. 1908.

FRED IN. LEUTIIESSER,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

REGISTER NAMEBOARD.

Speecation of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application tiled April 27, 1906. Serial Nol 314.098.

To cir/ZZ whom, t 'nm/y con/cern:

Be it known that I, FRED W, Lnurimssnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Register Name-Boards, ofwhich the followingI is a specification.

The name-board of the present invention is intended to be used inhotels, oflices, or other places in which it is desired to keep a listof persons and certain data with respect thereto, such as thetelephone-number of each or the room occupied in case of use in hotels,or other information of such character as the circumstances in eachparticular case may require.

The object of the invention is to improve the construction andarrangement of the name-plate for facilitating the insertion and removalof the record-cards by providing recesses or depressions suitablypositioned to allow the finger-tip of the user to be inserted betweenthe record-cards.

Another object of the invention is to simplify the construction andarrangement of the device as a whole and to so construct and arrange theparts thereof as to provide a neat, durable, and handsome register orname-board for hanging on the wall.

The invention consists in the features of construction and'combinationof parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a face view of the entire register orname-board; Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional view of the same; Fig. 3,an enlarged cross-sectional detail showing the method of securing thename-plate in place, and Fig. 4 an enlarged longitudinal sectionaldetail ofthe name-plate.

The name-plate 1 as a whole is formed from a plurality of strips orsections 2 of sheet metal, each strip or section representing a columnof names, and the name-board or register as a whole may be formed of anysuitable number of these strips or sections, which are preferablyuniform in size, shape, and construction. As shown in Fig. 1, thename-board is provided with a name-plate consisting of three strips orsections, although it is obvious that a single strip or any number ofstrips other than three might be employed, depending upon the number ofnames that it is desirable to provide spaces for.

Each section of the name-plate is provided with a body portion 8, whichis provided at suitable intervals with parallel transverselyextendingribs f1, which are bent or struck up from the body of the sheet metaland serve as partitions to separate the namespaces one from the other.Each of the partition-ribs is broken in its center by a circulardepression 5, which is of suflicient diameter to extend on each sidebeyond the rib and provide a depressed surface in the body of thenaine-plate itself. In each instance a single one of these depressionsis common to two adjacent name-spaces, and all of the depressions are invertical alinement from top to bottom of the name-plate section in whichthey are formed. In speaking of the depressions as being in the centerof the name-plate section it is meant in the exposed portion thereof,since the edges of t-he sections, as will be hereinafter eX- plained,are unexposed, being inserted a suitable distance underneath the railsor strips comprising the frame.

The several sections composing the nameplate as a whole are arranged inparallel relation and are mounted within a frame consisting of siderails 6 and end rails 7. Each of the side rails has along its inner edgean undercut S, into which is fitted and rigidly secured a sideclamping-strip 9, which is provided with an undercut 10 along its inneredge, leaving an overhanging 'flange 11, and between the flange and anunder cleat 12 the edge of the outer name-plate section is secured.Extending from top to bottom of the frame and suitably spaced withrespect to the side rails are a suitable number of intermediate rails13, provided on each side with undercuts 14, leaving clamping-flanges 15similar to the flanges 11 heretofore described, the clamping-flanges 15cooperating with cleats 16 to clamp the inner edges of the naine-platesections in the same manner that the outer edges are clamped or secured.The number of intermediate rails will depend upon the number ofname-plate sections of which the naine-plate as a whole is composed, andin every case the sections are clamprd as heretofore described. Theintermediate rails are rigidly secured to the end outer rails 7 but inorder to provide a more rigid framework or structure intermediatespacing-strips 17 are provided, which are rigidly secured between theintermediate and side rails on the rear face of the name-board. The endsof the name-plate sections are clamped between cross backing-strips 1Sand IOO IIO

The board as a whole is adapted to provide for the insertion of aplurality of name-cards 21 having a length substantially equal to thewidth of the name-plate sections and having a Width equal to the widthof one of the namespaces, and the name-cards are adapted to be insertedinto place by slipping their ends back under the overhangingclampingiianges, spaces being provided by reason of the fact that theclamping-flanges rest uponI the spacing ribs or partitions and bridgeover the ends of the intermediate naine-spaces, as best shown in Fig. 2.The cards being of a flexible nature are capable of being bent or pulledback at the center, which retracts the ends sufficiently to allow themto be inserted under the clamping-flanges, after which the center of thecard is released and the card straightened out, forcing the ends backinto the spaces provided therefor and allowing the card to lie flatbetween the partition-ribs When it is desired to remove one or more ofthe cards, the finger-tip and thumb are inserted into the recesses oropenings adjacent to the card intended to be removed, which recessesprovide suitable space for securing a grip upon the card, which would beimpossible if the partition-ribs were continuous and the cards weretightly fitted into place between them.

If desired, a small instrument, as a knife, pen, or pencil, may beemployed in place of the finger-tips for removing the cards, therecesses providing spaces for the insertion of such instrument under theedge of the card to be removed.

In using a device of this character, in which it is necessary to beconstantly changing the names displayed by the register, it is of greatimportance that the insertion and removal of the cards may be easily andquickly effected, for which reason the arrangement of the presentinvention is highly superior to one in 'which no provision is made forthe easy removal of the cards. Furthermore, the method of stamping andmounting the name-plate sections is one which enables the metallicportions of the device to be stamped or died from sheet metal andafterward mounted in a neat, strong, and durable manner, giving theframe as a whole a finish which makes it not only a very useful, butalso a very attractive, addition to an ofiice, hotel, or otherestablishment.

Although the name-plate has been described' as consisting of a pluralityof sections, it is obvious that the name-plate as a whole might consistof but one section, and it will be understood that as used in the claimsthe term name-plate is not limited to a name-plate composed of aplurality of sections except in those claims in which this constructionis specifically called for.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure i by Letters Patent, is-- 1.in a name-board, a flat naine-plate provided With a plurality ofpartition-ribs extending above the plane of the board and leavingname-spaces between the ribs, the ribs being broken by the formation ofrecesses extending through the ribs and below the surface of the plateadapted to facilitate he removal of name-cards, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a name-board, a name-plate provided with a plurality ofpartition-ribs leaving name-spaces between the ribs, the ribs beingbroken by the formation therein of recesses adapted to facilitate theremoval of name-cards, and clamping-rails overhanging the ends of theribs and providing, in conjunction with the plate, spaces for theinsertion of the ends of cards, substantially as described.

3. In a name-board, a name-plate having formed therein a plurality ofparallel partition-ribs providing name-spaces for the reception ofcar-ds, the ribs being broken by the formation therethrough of recessesof greater diameter than the width of the ribs, said recesses extendinginto the surface of the nameplate and adapted to facilitate the removalof name-cards, substantially as described.

4. in a naine-board, a name-plate having formed therein a plurality ofparallel partition ribs provi-ding name spaces between them, the ribsbeing broken by the formation therethrough of recesses of greaterdiameter than the width of the ribs to facilitate the removal of thename-cards, and clamping-rails overhanging the ends of the ribs andproviding, in conjunction with the plate, spaces for the insertion ofthe ends of cards, substantially as described.

5. ln a name-board, a name-plate of sheet metal having formed therein aplurality of outwardly-extending parallel ribs providing name-spacesbetween them, each of the ribs being interrupted by the formationtherethrough of a recess extending out into the adjacent spaces andadapted to facilitate the removal of the name-cards, and clamping-railsoverhanging the ends of the ribs and providing, in conjunction with theplate, spaces for the insertion of the ends of cards, substantially asdescribed.

In a name-board or register, a frame, a name-plate consisting of aplurality of sections, each section having formed therein a plurality ofpartition-ribs providing spaces IOO IIO

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for name-cards, each ofthe ribs being broken l by the foinationtherethrough of a recess adapted to facilitate removal olf-thenainecards, the several sections of the naine-plate being secured Withinthe lranie, having between each section an intermediate rail, the outerframe and internediate rails being provided with flanges overhanging thepartitionribs and affording spaces Vfor the insertion of the ends of thecards, and rear clampingcleats for holding the sections clamped againstthe flanges, substantiallyT as described.

7. In a naine-board, a naine-plate provided With a pluralityT ol'partition-ribs leaving nane-spaces between there, each of the ribs beingbroken by the iorlnation therethrough of a recess, overhanging endclosures 'for each of the naine-spaces, in combination with naine-cardsof a proper 'Width to be laid Within the name-spaces between the ribs bybending the cards to retract the ends sullieiently to perniit insertionunder the overhanging end closures of the name-spaces, the recesses ofthe ribs facilitating the removal of the cards, substantially asdescribed.

S. In a nameboard, a naine-plate provided Witli a pluralityT ofpartition-ribs leaving name-spaces between the ribs, rails overhangingthe ends ol the ribs to provide cardsoeliets, and cards lorrned oflleXible material of greater length than the exposed portions of thename-spaces and adapted to be inserted into place by bending back thebody of the card to retract the ends and allow them to be inserted intothe card-sockets and forced back tliereinto when the card isstraightened out between the ribs, substantially as described.

FRED lV. LEUTHESSER.

l/Vitnesses I W Amine BANNING, PAULINE BECKMAN.

